El último sueño de Frida y Diego

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San Francisco Opera Premiere
The Last Dream of Frida and Diego
Composer
Gabriela Lena Frank
Librettist
Nilo Cruz
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2022-2023
Language
Spanish
Commission

Co-commission with San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, Fort Worth Opera, DePauw University School of Music, and with support from The University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts.

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Roberto Kalb
Director
Lorena Maza
Set Designer(s)
Eloise Kazan
Lighting Designer
Victor Zapatero
Dramaturg
Janice Paran
Chorus Director
John Keene
Assistant Conductor
José Luis Gutiérrez
Prompter
Teresa Rodriguez
Musical Preparation
César Cañón
Nathan Salazar
Marika Yasuda
John Churchwell
Fabrizio Corona
Supertitles
Bruce Stasyna
Assistant Director(s)
Stephanie Smith
Stage Manager(s)
Jayme O’Hara
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Anna Reetz
Jimmy Marcheso
Victoria Klockenga
Choreographer
Colm Seery
Fight Director
Dave Maier
Technical Supervisor
Ryan O’Steen
Lawren Gregory
Costume Supervisor
Lyre Alston
Hair and Makeup
Jeanna Parham

Cast

Primer Aldeano (First Villager)
John Fulton
Segundo Aldeano (Second Villager)
Moisés Salazar
Tercer Aldeano (Third Villager)
Richard Lugo
Diego Rivera
Alfredo Daza
Catrina
Yaritza Véliz
Frida Kahlo
Daniela Mack
Muchacho (Young Man)
Moisés Salazar
Leonardo
Jake Ingbar
Guadalupe Ponti
Whitney Steele
Primera imagen de Frida (First Frida Image)
Mikayla Sager
Segunda imagen de Frida (Second Frida Image)
Nikola Printz
Tercera imagen de Frida (Third Frida Image)
Gabrielle Beteag

Show Dates

Time and Place

TIME AND PLACE: 1957, El Día de los Muertos, Mexico City

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1: LIVING WORLD--CEMETERY; The opening of the roads
Act I, Scene 2: LIVING WORLD--CEMETERY; Homage
Act I, Scene 3: LIVING WORLD--CEMETERY; Return to me
Act I, Scene 4: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; Piety
Act I, Scene 5: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; The call
Act I, Scene 6: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; The world
Act I, Scene 7: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; Without you
Act I, Scene 8: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; Dressing the illusion
Act I, Scene 9: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; Memorizing life
Act I, Scene 10: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; To paint a new Frida
Act I, Scene 11: UNDERWORLD--MICTLÁN; A permit to enter the world
Act II, Scene 1: LIVING WORLD--DIEGO'S MURAL; To paint the absence
Act II, Scene 2: LIVING WORLD--DIEGO'S MURAL; To return
Act II, Scene 3: LIVING WORLD--DIEGO'S MURAL; Go on, time runs out
Act II, Scene 4: LIVING WORLD--FRIDA'S BLUE HOUSE; Return to the Blue House
Act II, Scene 5: LIVING WORLD--FRIDA'S BLUE HOUSE; Enter the gaze
Act II, Scene 6: LIVING WORLD--FRIDA'S BLUE HOUSE; The memory of pain
Act II, Scene 7: LIVING WORLD--WORLD OF ART; Invitation
Act II, Scene 8: LIVING WORLD--WORLD OF ART; The end of the Day of the Dead
Act II, Scene 9: UNDERWORLD; Searching for the god of Mictlán
Act II, Scene 10: UNDERWORLD; Levitation

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by Norby Anderson.

This production is made possible, in part, by Bob Ellis.

This production is made possible, in part, by John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn.

This production is made possible, in part, by Koret Foundation.

This production is made possible, in part, by Denise Littlefield Sobel.

Jake Ingbar's appearance is made possible by a gift to the Emerging Stars Fund by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

Yaritza Véliz’s appearance is made possible by a gift to the Emerging Stars Fund by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

Additional support provided by Jack Klingelhofer.

Additional support provided by Gladyne Kenderdine Mitchell.

Legacy Commission

Sung in Spanish with Spanish and English supertitles

Notes

Co-commission with San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, Fort Worth Opera, DePauw University School of Music, and with support from The University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts. 

First performance: San Diego Opera , 2022.

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Co-production with San Francisco Opera and San Diego Opera. 

Published by G. Schirmer, Inc. 

This production is dedicated to the memory of Doug Norby.

Full digital program PDF available here: https://encorespotlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FridayDiego-SFOp…

Los Aldeanos, Los Difuntos, Las imágenes pintadas de Frida, Mictlantecutli Villagers, Departed Souls, Painted Images of Frida, Mictlantecutli

The Thursday, June 22 performance will be/was livestreamed at 7:30 p.m. PT. The performance will be available to watch on demand for 48 hours beginning on Friday, June 23 at 10 a.m. PT.